MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010

STAN LEE ON THE BIG BANG THEORY

Stan Lee is guest-starring in Monday's episode of The Big Bang Theory on CBS.

Lee plays himself in
"The Excelsior Acquisition." In the episode, Sheldon winds up in traffic court when he gets a ticket because of Penny.

CBS has provided The Continuum two images from the episode. Lee is shown with the cast: Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco.

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BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD: ANDREA ROMANO

With the release of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths last week, Warner Home Video has revealed the voice cast for the next feature, Batman: Under the Red Hood.

During The Continuum's recent visit to Warner Bros. Animation in Burbank, Calif., Kate Jewell sat down with voice/casting director Andrea Romano, who talked about the actors who play Batman and Red Hood.

MOONSTONE BOOKS FOR JUNE

MARVEL COMICS ROUNDUP

The series will be written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art by Stuart Immonen.

Marvel released the first in a series of teaser images.

In other Marvel news:

* The publisher has released a teaser image, "We Are the X-Men," for July.

* Marvel has teased Wednesday's Amazing Spider-Man #623, noting that Peter has to not only survive key arch nemesis Vulture's reign of terror, but also losing his job at the mayor's office. Peter lays it all on the line to protect J. Jonah Jameson and keep the city from ripping itself apart, but Peter's sacrifice winds up costing his career as a photographer.

"Peter Parker's been through some rough times lately, with all of his deadliest foes returning, and he couldn't lose his job at a worse time," said editor Steve Wacker. "He's going to struggle with unemployment and trying to save the city while he can barely afford to keep a roof over his head."

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BOOM! STUDIOS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and six- to seven-page previews of BOOM! Studios titles arriving in stores on March 3, CLICK HERE.

BRIEFLY

* X-Men Origins: Wolverine returns to Cinemax in April.

Air dates and times include Tueday, April 6 at 11:20 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 11 at 8:50 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Thursday, April 15 at 6:20 p.m.; Friday, April 16 at 12:05 a.m.; Saturday, April 24 at 10:40 a.m. and 6:05 p.m.; and Friday, April 30 at 10 p.m.

* FX will rebroadcast X-Men: The Last Stand on Monday at 8 p.m. and Tuesday at 6 p.m., Spider-Man 2.1 on Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and Spider-Man 3 on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

* AMC will rebroadcast 2003's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie on Monday at 5:30 p.m.